Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84475

Recycling: Finance

Tabled: 22 October 2025

Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure funds raised through Extended Producer Responsibility are used by local authorities on advanced recycling infrastructure.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Government has implemented robust measures within the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to ensure that funds raised are directed by local authorities towards recycling infrastructure. I have instructed PackUK to use regulatory powers t...

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